October 31, 2014, 10:00 AM The body of Bellamy Richard, a recent transfer student from France, was discovered at Cass High School, in front of the school’s greenhouse. Investigations revealed that a recent shipment of Mountain Dew bottles delivered to the school had contained near-lethal doses of tetrodotoxin. ( C
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Richard was unaware of this incident, and drank the entire bottle of Mountain Dew, digesting the tetrodotoxin with it. Within 30 minutes, after digesting the tetrodotoxin, he suffered symptoms including paresthesia of the lips and tongue, hypersalivation, dysphagia, lethargy, dyspnea, tremor, cyanosis, aphonia, and hypotension. All of these symptoms combined put Bellamy in a dangerously violent state of zombification that posed an immediate threat to those around him. The Central Analysis of Scientific Situations team swiftly executed Bellamy Richard at 9:30 AM, 30 minutes prior to the discovery of his body. The Mountain Dew bottle was never found. Evidence Analyzed Two key objects were discovered at the scene, a wood axe, and a baseball bat. Next to these objects was a blood spatter that originated from sharp force injuries and blunt force trauma. These two objects are classified as the murder weapons, as the blood on both of them proved to be a match to the victim’s blood. The wood axe was linked to three sharp lacerations found on the head. The baseball bat was linked to two trauma wounds found on the head. The combined wound left the victims head dismembered and nearly pulverized. Three different sets of fingerprints were found on the wood axe; two males and one female. One set of fingerprints that belonged to a third male were found on the baseball bat.
Summary of Events The evidence draws a very clear conclusion. The victim entered an alarming state of zombification. The team of four specialists, three boys and one girl, arrived at 9:30 AM to exterminate the threat. The female took the first swing with the wood axe and left a large gash in the top of the zombie’s head. The zombie fell over and the male with the bat stepped up to the plate and took a swing, smashing the side of its head in. The second male took a stand and swung the axe down as the zombie attempted to stand up, hitting it at an angle and dismembering the scalp from the head. The brain was left revealed as the third male took the axe and delivered the killing blow to the zombie, severing the brain. The male with the bat swung once more at the already deceased zombie, crushing the head completely. They left the scene and their weapons behind, and the body was discovered 30 minutes later at 10:00 AM. The evidence, blood spatter, and body were quickly secured, analyzed, and the victim was identified within an hour of the autopsy.
The body was found in the location marked above, on the eastern side of the greenhouse.
Zombie Blood Spatter Analysis Project (Reference Section)
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